OK. Lulu.
I have everything sorted. pdf masters are the right size with the correct bleed for full bleed artwork (which they apparently do now). Its all looking good.
HOWEVER I am being bamboozled by this bloody $/£ business. Even the new woman on their Livechat service didn't understand.
So I quote for my books in Pounds Sterling and the price is £400. I quote for them in Dollars and the price is £549 (or, roughly £313).
So whats the skinny - do I really save nearly £80 just to have my quote handled in dollars from the UK site? It seems bizarre in the extreme!
Neil
Yes
Submitted by Gregor Hutton on Fri, 05/09/2008 - 17:18.
Yes!
Always quote your book in dollars given the current exchange rates. You really do save the money. Joe Prince was the first to point this out to me.
Do not think. Do.
Indeed.
Submitted by Tim Gray on Fri, 05/09/2008 - 17:31.
I was surprised when I realised.
Another similar thing: be very wary of Lulu's volume discount calculator, as it shows results way more optimistic than the checkout will actually give you.
Tim Gray
Silver Branch Games
www.silverbranch.co.uk
Bleed
Submitted by Rich Stokes on Fri, 05/09/2008 - 17:35.
Lulu have always claimed to do full bleed. Their European printer doesn't though, or at least, they try, but cock it up so that the books look a bit poo.
Full Bleed
Submitted by Destriarch on Sat, 06/09/2008 - 06:14.
Lulu have always claimed to do full bleed. Their European printer doesn't though, or at least, they try, but cock it up so that the books look a bit poo.
Hmm? I didn't have any problems with the eleven copies of Fearmonger I got from them a few months back?
Yeah, exchange rates are really screwed up at the moment.
Ash